Question

Gabriella bought 50 lbs of clay for her art projects. She used 18.2 lbs to make a sculpture, and 0.76 lbs for each mug. How many mugs did Gabriella make if she had 18.88 lbs of clay left over?

Answer 1

24 mugs

Explanation:

Disregard unimportant information

Set up an equation

Variable x = number of mugs

18.88 = 0.76x

Divide both sides by 0.76 to isolate variable x

24.842...

There's no such thing as a fraction or decimal of a mug so round down to the nearest whole number

24

Answer 2

24 mugs

Step-by-step explanation: 18.88/0.76 = ≈24